Railroad crossing corridor improvements : a model program based on field reviews in six states.
by
 
Powers, Richard D.

Title
Railroad crossing corridor improvements : a model program based on field reviews in six states.

Author
Powers, Richard D.

Personal Author
Powers, Richard D.

Publication Information
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Demonstration Projects Division ; [Springfield, Va. : National Technical Information Service, 1986]

Physical Description
1 v. (various pagings) : ill., 3 forms ; 28 cm.

Series
Report - Federal Highway Administration, Region 15 ; FHWA-DP-70-1

General Note
Cover title.
 
Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche.
 
"June 1986."

Contents
Introduction -- Iowa -- Forida -- Alaska -- West Virginia -- Louisiana -- California -- A model program -- Appendices.

Abstract
Demonstration Project No. 70, Railroad Crossing Corridor Improvements, was developed to encourage State highway agencies to expand their current efforts to encompass significantly more crossings each year by including low-cost improvements at the types of crossings that are not presently being addressed. This report summarizes corridor reviews that were held in six States (Iowa, Florida, Alaska, West Virginia, Louisiana, and California) in late 1985 and early 1986. The final chapter presents a model program which combines the benefits of current individual high-risk crossing programs with those of a corridor approach in which a series of adjacent crossings are reviewed by a diagnostic team.

Subject Term
Railroads -- United States -- Crossings.
 
Traffic safety -- United States.
 
Traffic signs and signals -- United States.

Added Corporate Author
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Demonstration Projects Division.


LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf NumberStatus
Civil EngineeringBookB026299HE1618 .A2 P69 1986Transportation Collection